Hame-fastener



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E. BEAUBIEN, HAME FASTENER- No. 484,283. Patented Oct. 11,- 1892..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BEAUBIEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAM E-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,283, dated October11, 1892.

Application filed May 24, 1892. Serial No. 434,217. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD BEAUBIEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hame-Fasteners; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inhame-fasteners; and the novelty resides in the peculiar construction andcombination of parts, as hereinafter more fully described, shown in thedrawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation with portionsbroken away and others in section, showing my improvement in position asin use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one part ofthe fastener, andFig. 3 is a like view of the other part detached.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews in which they appear.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates themain part of the fastener, which has one end turned to form a hook a,and the other end is formed with the parallel lugs a, which extend fromthe body portion upon the same side as the hook a, as is seen in Figs. 1and 2. The part A is further formed with a longitudinal slot a open atthe lug end, as seen in Fig. 1, and the other end being tapered, as seenat 0. in the same view.

B is a flat spring held at one end, as at b, to the outer face of thepart A and against the tapered portion of the same, the spring extending.to the outer end of the slot.

C is a lever pivoted at 0 between the lugs of the part A, as seen inFigs. 1 and 2, the said pivot passing through the square lug c on thatend of the lever, the said lug having at least two fiat sides or faces,as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, to form an extended bearing upon the springwhen the lever is in its closed or open position to hold it in eitherposition.

D is the component part of the fastener. It

is separate from the other parts, being formed at one end with a hookat, and its body portion is formed with a plurality of openings d.

In practice the hook at is engaged with some part of the hames, as thelink or ring E, and the hook at with the part on the opposite side, asthe ring or link E, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the lever 0being then in the position relatively to the part A in which it is shownin Fig. 2. The proper opening or loop of the part D is then engaged overthe lever, and, embracing the lugs a and the lever, is then thrown downin the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1, thus holding the partslocked. The face 0 of the lug c of the lever is inclined, as seen inFig. 1, so that when the lever is thrown open to permit of separation ofthe parts the said face rides upon the cross-bar of the loop or openingin the part D and raises or draws it away from the part A, and thismovement is aided by the spring. The size of the openings 01 is also soproportioned to the combined length of the faces of the lug c and thelever that the part D cannot be slipped down over the ears and lug tillthe part O is turned down, when the faces of the lug assist in drawingthe part D against the part A. This, together with the throwing out ofthe part D by the face 0 of the lug, is important, and in these featuresresides the gist of my invention.

What I claim as new is Theimproved haIne-fastener described,consistingof the main part A, formed with integral hook'at one end and integrallugs at the other upon the same side of the said part and with alongitudinal slot, the lever having a lug with fiat faces, one of whichis tapered and pivoted between the lugs of the part A, the spring heldto the part A and arranged in the slot thereof and bearing upon the flatfaces of the lug of the lever, and the part D, having a plurality ofopenings of less length than that of the face of the lug and the lever,whereby the lug assists in drawing the part D against the part A, and atone end a hook, all substantially as shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BEAUBIEN. Witnesses:

Gno. W. DAVID, S. C. LANK.

